Light Your Digestive Fire!
The ancient wisdom of Ayurveda, also known as the science of life, recognizes your digestive health as the pillar of your overall wellness. There’s even a special term for it: the Sanskrit word agni. It refers to the “digestive fire,” the burning flame within you that’s responsible for breaking down all you take in on a daily basis, assimilating what’s useful and eliminating the rest. Just as digestion in Ayurveda refers to more than just food, the effects of a dull digestive fire have effects beyond your gastrointestinal tract or G.I. tract.
The key to a happy digestive fire is your metabolism. The better it works, the more efficient your system is, so you feel less tired, less bloated, and satiated after meals instead of stuffed.
Signs of Metabolism Slowdown:
- Chronic fatigue: You’re sluggish despite getting those requisite eight hours
- Mysterious and stubborn weight gain: You’re eating as normal, but your clothes don’t feel right
-Digestive problems and bloat: Things are moving slowly; you’re puffy and out-of-sorts
-Mood issues: You’re down for no discernible reason
-Brain fog: You’re unfocused with a side of anxiety
-Intense and frequent sugar cravings: You’re constantly reaching for carbs and sweets
-Dryness and dullness of skin, hair, and nails: You’re less than your radiant self
A lifestyle that supports a healthy metabolism starts with eating a wholesome diet rich in micronutrients that nurture the thyroid and liver, minimizing processed foods that disrupt hormones and send blood sugar soaring and crashing, and giving up calorie restriction and yo-yo dieting, which damages metabolism over time. Getting regular exercise, especially strength training, is also important since bodies with more muscle mass burn more calories at rest. Managing stress, getting sufficient sleep is also key.
Now a fun way to add a secret weapon to support your metabolism and ignite your digestive fire is making these Metabolism powering cookies!
Yes, you heard it right, these cookies are delicious, gluten-free,100% vegan and supercharged with Sakara’s Metabolism super powder for the win, yum!
YOU NEED:
For the Shortbread Cookie
½ cup almond flour
½ cup oat flour
1 teaspoon organic vanilla extract
⅓ cup coconut oil or plant based butter
2 tablespoons organic maple syrup
For the Nutty Caramel
½ cup organic nut or seed butter of choice
6 large pitted dates (sub ¼ cup maple syrup)
1 cup water
For the Chocolate- Metabolism Layer
2 scoops Sakara Metabolism Super Powder
⅓ cup cacao wafers or organic dark chocolate bar
1 tablespoon coconut oil
YOU DO:
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Make the cookie dough: In a large bowl, combine almond flour, oat flour, vanilla extract, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Ensure there are no clumps of hardened coconut oil. Place the bowl in the fridge.
In a small pot, combine ½ cup water and pitted dates on low to medium heat, stirring often and breaking down dates, until they begin to resemble caramel. Add more water if needed to ensure it is caramel consistency.
Add nut or seed butter of choice and stir until combined.
Remove cookie dough from the fridge. On a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, press and flatten dough into a rectangular shape.
Bake for 10 minutes, sheet out of the oven, and let cookies cool.
Spread nutty date caramel onto the cookie in an even layer. Place cookies in the fridge to set while you prepare the chocolate.
In a small pot, slowly melt together Metabolism Super Powder, chocolate, and coconut oil on low heat.
Remove the cookies from the fridge and begin to spread chocolate over the nutty-caramel layer.
Place in the fridge to cool and once solidified, cut into squares or rectangular bars.
And bon appetit
Spring is less than 10 days away and it’s the perfect time of the year to reboot and restart the system and set up some simple but super useful healthy habits, and Inviting the Metabolism Super Powder into your day to day nourishment is definitely one of them. Either you make this cookie, or add a spoonful to your coffee or smoothie, this new companion will be your Metabolism’s best friend, and the best part is you can get 20% off your very first order using the code below:
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